Why we are moving from systemic chemotherapy to precision immune hacking
In short: Chemotherapy is often a blunt instrument, damaging healthy tissue alongside tumors. This talk explores a shift toward using nature's own design to target cancer with surgical precision.
Biomedical engineer Elizabeth Wayne explains the fundamental flaw in current drug delivery: chemotherapy kills cancer cells but lacks the specificity to spare the rest of the body. To solve this, her lab is developing nanoparticle treatments designed to bind specifically to immune cells.
By harnessing the body's first responders, these nanoparticles allow for a more targeted approach. The goal is to guide the immune system to identify and attack cancer cells directly, minimizing collateral damage to healthy tissue.
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